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<blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 6180533" data-attributes="member: 93930">Dal looks pretty good with no obvious mechanical problems.&nbsp; A couple suggestions before approval, however.1. If you buy 15 STR and 14 DEX, then put your racial in DEX, you end up with the same scores but you free up another point to buy stuff with.&nbsp; Rule of thumb: use your +2 bonus in your highest stat.2. You seem to be building toward a mobile 2H fighter who gets plenty of AoOs for trip attacks.&nbsp; There are couple issues with this.&nbsp; a. While I like PF, one of its weaknesses is that mobility is fairly useless.&nbsp; As high as you pump Acrobatics, you're not going to make your roll at higher levels.&nbsp; Even with the trait and the feat and the boots.&nbsp; Even at lower levels, tougher enemies will conceivably have a CMD of 17-18, which means you have a 20-25% chance of eating an AoO now, and it's only going to get worse.&nbsp; b. With a reach weapon, you really don't need Acrobatics to avoid AoOs anyway.&nbsp; c. If you'll pardon my saying so, I think you're trying to do too much.&nbsp; Reach/trip/smash is plenty to focus on without the headache of trying to do backflips, too.3. You really, really, really want Power Attack as a feat.&nbsp; You should use it on more than 95% of your attacks.&nbsp; Combat Reflexes will help a lot, too.&nbsp; Both of these will be more useful than Weapon Focus.4. Even going for a reach/trip build, you really don't need 16 DEX.&nbsp; 14 is plenty fine.&nbsp; Eventually, you will want 16 base DEX so that you still have a 14 when you're Enlarged, but this is easy to get with a relatively cheap magic item.5. MWK backpack is kind of a waste of funds once you're past 14-16 STR.&nbsp; A potion of Enlarge will be much, much more useful.&nbsp; With a 15' reach, you can effectively lock down an entire battlefield.6. Almost forgot: You should have one more language.&nbsp; Everyone gets Common, and then you get Irthian as a free regional language, and then you get your bonus from INT.NOTE: If you want to tell me to just shut up and approve your character already, I won't take it personally.EDIT: And I forgot to add that you should have a pic.&nbsp; If you want, I'm sure I can find <a href="http://ellieannsoderstrom.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/chainmail-bikini.gif" target="_blank">a totally appropriate picture of a female warrior in a mountainous, cold-weather environment</a>.&nbsp; (Link is SFW for most office environments, unless you work someplace crazy.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Systole, post: 6180533, member: 93930"] Dal looks pretty good with no obvious mechanical problems. A couple suggestions before approval, however. 1. If you buy 15 STR and 14 DEX, then put your racial in DEX, you end up with the same scores but you free up another point to buy stuff with. Rule of thumb: use your +2 bonus in your highest stat. 2. You seem to be building toward a mobile 2H fighter who gets plenty of AoOs for trip attacks. There are couple issues with this. a. While I like PF, one of its weaknesses is that mobility is fairly useless. As high as you pump Acrobatics, you're not going to make your roll at higher levels. Even with the trait and the feat and the boots. Even at lower levels, tougher enemies will conceivably have a CMD of 17-18, which means you have a 20-25% chance of eating an AoO [I]now[/I], and it's only going to get worse. b. With a reach weapon, you really don't need Acrobatics to avoid AoOs anyway. c. If you'll pardon my saying so, I think you're trying to do too much. Reach/trip/smash is plenty to focus on without the headache of trying to do backflips, too. 3. You really, really, really want Power Attack as a feat. You should use it on more than 95% of your attacks. Combat Reflexes will help a lot, too. Both of these will be more useful than Weapon Focus. 4. Even going for a reach/trip build, you really don't need 16 DEX. 14 is plenty fine. Eventually, you will want 16 base DEX so that you still have a 14 when you're Enlarged, but this is easy to get with a relatively cheap magic item. 5. MWK backpack is kind of a waste of funds once you're past 14-16 STR. A potion of Enlarge will be much, much more useful. With a 15' reach, you can effectively lock down an entire battlefield. 6. Almost forgot: You should have one more language. Everyone gets Common, and then you get Irthian as a free regional language, and then you get your bonus from INT. NOTE: If you want to tell me to just shut up and approve your character already, I won't take it personally. EDIT: And I forgot to add that you should have a pic. If you want, I'm sure I can find [URL="http://ellieannsoderstrom.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/chainmail-bikini.gif"]a totally appropriate picture of a female warrior in a mountainous, cold-weather environment[/URL]. (Link is SFW for most office environments, unless you work someplace crazy.) [/QUOTE]

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